The Community of Wood Buffalo

Welcome to Wood Buffalo - a vibrant region home to many cultures from around the world with Fort McMurray as its city centre. This cosmopolitan community has a population of 75,000 according to the 2018 Census. Most of this growth is driven by Northeast Alberta’s rapidly expanding oil sands industry. Fort McMurray was designated a city on April 1, 1995. At that time, it merged with other local areas creating the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo consists of: